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Instrument: Synthesizer
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by Ian Patterson
The clue is the name. Take a handful of musicians, place them in front of an audience and say ready, steady go." Since starting Agile Experiments in 2015, multi-instrumentalist Dave De Rose has marshaled dozens of musicians for his sonic experiments, whereby small combos play entirely improvised one-hour gigs. Alive in the Empire, the fifth release in this vinyl/digital-only series, captures four of contemporary music's most progressive figures in a concert at the Empire Bar, Hackney, during the 2019 London ...
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by Paolo Peviani
Il tratto principale della mia musica Tutti i musicisti che si sentono smarriti! ... Seriamente, penso che il ritmo e la ripetizione siano le fondamenta di tutto quello che faccio. La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me Che abbiano una loro individualità. Come musicista, il momento in cui sono stato più felice Quando un mio studente di pianoforte di sei anni ha fatto la sua ...
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by Bruce Lindsay
Ruins is the debut release from keyboardist and composer Dan Nicholls. Nicholls is based in London, where he is a member of the ever-fascinating Loop Collective. He's declared that his music is inspired, at least in part, by prevalent issues" such as the Arab Spring--a quick check of the song titles, or a glance at the cover design, suggest that there are some pretty heavy prevalent issues under consideration here.The themes may be heavy, but the music is ...
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